United Kingdom Gilbert & Sullivan, Patience: National Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company / David Steadman (conductor), Royal Hall, Harrogate, 15.8.2015 (RJW)
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Lovesick Maidens in Harrogate
c Charles Smith
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Christine Brewer Lavishes Affection on American Songs
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (17) – Schubert, Clara Schumann, Joseph Marx, Strauss, American composers: Christine Brewer (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano), Queen’s Hall, 22.8.2015. (SRT)
Leonskaja and Dutoit on Form in Mozart Shostakovich Prom
United Kingdom Debussy, Mozart,l Shostakovich: Elizabeth Leonskaja (piano), Royal Phiilharmonic Orchestra / Charles Dutoit (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 19.8.2015. (GD)
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Lighthearted A Capella Jazz on the Edinburgh Fringe
United Kingdom Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015 (2) – The Oxford Gargoyles: C Venues, Edinburgh, 15.8.2015 (SRT)
Ensemble Guadagni Contribute Warm, Flexible Sound to Davies Recital
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2015 (13) –Blow and Purcell: Iestyn Davies (countertenor), Ensemble Guadagni, Queen’s Hall, 19.08.2015 (SRT)
Osmo Vänskä Concludes the Sibelius Symphony Cycle at the BBC Proms
United Kingdom Prom 43: Sibelius: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 17.8.2015. (RB)
Heatwave Sibelius at the BBC Proms
United Kingdom Prom 42: Sibelius & Finnissy: Julian Rachlin (violin), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 16.8.2015. (RB)
Style, Refinement and Diversity from ‘Apollo’s Fire’ – Explosive Musical Fire from Alina Ibragimova
United Kingdom Proms Saturday Matinee 3: C.P.E. Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann & J.S. Bach: Alina Ibragimova (violin) Jeannette Sorrel (harpsichord), Apollo’s Fire, Cadogan Hall London, 15.8.2015. (CS)
